Consultant Psychiatrist – ID

Overview

As a Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability CAMHS (or CA Psychiatry with ID/Neurodiversity experience), you will join a supportive, multidisciplinary LD CAMHS team in North Derbyshire. You will help shape care for young people with intellectual disabilities, working across a well-integrated CAMHS service and partner agencies. The role offers flexible working and a staged salary uplift, underscoring a commitment to staff wellbeing and service excellence. This is an opportunity to contribute to high-quality patient care in a trusted NHS setting.

Pay / Benefits

• on-site parking
• local discounts
• on-site cafe
• Amazon lockers
• cycle-to-work scheme
• electric vehicle charging points’,’staff wellbeing hub with mindfulness and gym facilities

Key requirements

• MBChB or equivalent
• CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
• Full GMC registration with licence to practise and entry on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of CCT
• S12 Approval (Desirable: Specialist interest/qualifications in other areas)
• Experience of working with young people and families/carers
• Quality/audit project experience
• Good knowledge of child and adolescent psychiatry and wide medical knowledge
• Clinical supervision experience/skills
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Desirable: CBT/IPT/brief intervention training
• Desirable: training/mentoring of clinical staff and enthusiasm for education
• Disclosure and Barring Service check
• UK Skilled worker sponsorship considerations

• Interpersonal and communication skills with young people and families
• Leadership and willingness to supervise/mentoring
• Education and training enthusiasm
• CBT/IPT/brief intervention training
• Quality/audit methodology
• Clinical supervision/mentorship skills

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